Colin Montgomerie and Ian Poulter have fallen out in the past and it did not take a lot of reading between the lines during the second round of the European Open at The London Club yesterday to think that the Ryder Cup colleagues might have been about to do so again.
With Poulter preparing to putt at the par-four 13th, Montgomerie remonstrated with a television cameraman who had been in his eyeline and had not immediately moved when asked. “You're only here because of me,” Montgomerie was heard to say.
After backing away from his putt, Poulter holed out for a par, tossed his putter towards his bag in disgust and made a chatting sign with a hand as Montgomerie strode towards the next green. Afterwards, the Englishman, dressed from top to toe in pink, played coy but gave a knowing smile when asked if his sign had been directed towards a cameraman. “No,” he said. Another player then? “Maybe.” He gave little away but had the look of stone-cold fury.
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